Meaning

3 senses
  1. Having the shape of or resembling a bulb, bloated.

    випуклийvypuklyj, опуклийopuklyj

  2. Overweight and round in shape.

  3. Growing from a bulb or producing bulbs.

    цибулиннийcybulynnyj, цибулеподібнийcybulepodibnyj

    shaped like a bulb

Examples

7 sentences
  1. Our gym teacher was a bulbous man.

    Наш учитель фізкультури був дорідним. — deniko

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  2. A bulbous man sat at a table in the corner.

    Дорідний чоловік сів за столик у кутку. — deniko

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  3. Two bulbous women were kissing on a park bench.

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  4. The aliens had bulbous heads.

  5. He has a bulbous member.

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Translations

6 languages
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By meaning 2
having the shape of a bulb:
growing from a bulb or producing bulbs:

Origin

From bulb + -ous or alteration of Latin bulbosus.

From bulb + -ous or alteration of Latin bulbosus.

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Forms

more bulbous, most bulbous
Comparativemore bulbous Lesson
Superlativemost bulbous Lesson

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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